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Yeah I realized that I should add why that seems even worse to me, so I edited that in. To elaborate a little, I pay for Spotify, Netflix, F-Droid, OsmAnd, Sim
by Aachen 4y ago
Yeah I realized that I should add why that seems even worse to me, so I edited that in.
To elaborate a little, I pay for Spotify, Netflix, F-Droid, OsmAnd, Simple Mobile Tools, FairEmail, K9, Internet Archive, and other software and services I use.... independent companies and creators that don't already track me to hell. Giving money to google would be out of necessity, not to help them strengthen their position if I can avoid it. If YouTube spins off as an independent firm where you can have an account that has independent guidelines and everything, I'd sign up in a heartbeat. They make a good product and have good content, the only downside is that there's zero competition but that's not a deal breaker by itself.
- christophilus 4y agoI’m in the same boat. I watch YouTube via Brave or uBlock + Firefox. If YouTube spun out of Google, I’d pay for premium. I get a lot of value out of it. I just can’t bring myself to pay Google for anything. I know it’s not really rational, and in a way, ad-blockers feel a little like piracy. But it’s where I am.
- Aachen 4y ago100%. I have a hard time explaining even to myself what makes it feel so wrong to pay google for their monopoly, it's a good product after all and usually that means I feel obliged to make money roll. On pc I indeed also use the ad blocker, but on tv that doesn't work. (I also tried pi hole)
- brokenmachine 4y agoFor me it's the lack of customer service. Even paying customers get zero support. I'm not encouraging that.
- tacotacotaco 4y agoThis. If YouTube were independent I would also be inclined to buy Premium. I already pay for several other streaming services. I do not want Google tracking my viewing habits (you must log in to use Premium) just so they can sell targeted ads via their other properties.